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By May 2015, Marvel had discussions with [[Ava DuVernay]] to direct this film or ''Captain Marvel''.<ref name="DuVernay" /> In June, Feige confirmed that he had meet with DuVernay amongst a number of other directors and stated he expected a decision to made by mid- to late-2015.<ref name="FeigeJune2015" /> In early July 2015, DuVernay stated she had passed on directing the film saying, "Marvel has a certain way of doing things and I think they're fantastic and a lot of people love what they do. I loved that they reached out to me... [but] we had different ideas about what the story would be... In the end, it comes down to story and perspective. And we just didn't see eye to eye. Better for me to realize that now than cite creative differences later."<ref name="DuVernayNo" /> Later in the month DuVernay added, <blockquote>"For me, it was a process of trying to figure out, are these people I want to go to bed with? Because it's really a marriage, and for this it would be three years. It'd be three years of not doing other things that are important to me. So it was a question of, is this important enough for me to do? At one point, the answer was yes because I thought there was value in putting that kind of imagery into the culture in a worldwide, huge way, in a certain way: excitement, action, fun, all those things, and yet still be focused on a black man as a hero — that would be pretty revolutionary. These Marvel films go everywhere from Shanghai to Uganda, and nothing that I probably will make will reach that many people, so I found value in that. That's how the conversations continued, because that's what I was interested in. But everyone's interested in different things... [I]t's important to me that [my work] be true to who I was in this moment. And if there's too much compromise, it really wasn't going to be an Ava DuVernay film."<ref name="DuVernayMore" /></blockquote>
By May 2015, Marvel had discussions with [[Ava DuVernay]] to direct this film or ''Captain Marvel''.<ref name="DuVernay" /> In June, Feige confirmed that he had meet with DuVernay amongst a number of other directors and stated he expected a decision to made by mid- to late-2015.<ref name="FeigeJune2015" /> In early July 2015, DuVernay stated she had passed on directing the film saying, "Marvel has a certain way of doing things and I think they're fantastic and a lot of people love what they do. I loved that they reached out to me... [but] we had different ideas about what the story would be... In the end, it comes down to story and perspective. And we just didn't see eye to eye. Better for me to realize that now than cite creative differences later."<ref name="DuVernayNo" /> Later in the month DuVernay added, <blockquote>"For me, it was a process of trying to figure out, are these people I want to go to bed with? Because it's really a marriage, and for this it would be three years. It'd be three years of not doing other things that are important to me. So it was a question of, is this important enough for me to do? At one point, the answer was yes because I thought there was value in putting that kind of imagery into the culture in a worldwide, huge way, in a certain way: excitement, action, fun, all those things, and yet still be focused on a black man as a hero — that would be pretty revolutionary. These Marvel films go everywhere from Shanghai to Uganda, and nothing that I probably will make will reach that many people, so I found value in that. That's how the conversations continued, because that's what I was interested in. But everyone's interested in different things... [I]t's important to me that [my work] be true to who I was in this moment. And if there's too much compromise, it really wasn't going to be an Ava DuVernay film."<ref name="DuVernayMore" /></blockquote>


By October 2015, [[F. Gary Gray]] was being considered to direct the film before he was chosen to direct ''[[Fast & Furious 8]]'',<ref name="GrayDirector" /><ref name="GrayFurious8" /> while Joe Robert Cole, a member of Marvel’s in-house writer’s program, was nearing a deal to write the screenplay.<ref name="Cole" /> Also in the month, Marvel changed the release date once again, moving it to February 16, 2018.<ref name="Phase3Update" /> By December 2015, [[Ryan Coogler]] entered negotiations to direct the film. Negotiations with Coogler had cooled since first meeting with Marvel in the third quarter of 2015, but were reignited due to the successful opening of Coogler's film ''[[Creed (film)|Creed]]''.<ref name="Coogler" />
By October 2015, [[F. Gary Gray]] was being considered to direct the film before he was chosen to direct ''[[Fast & Furious 8]]'',<ref name="GrayDirector" /><ref name="GrayFurious8" /> while Joe Robert Cole, a member of Marvel’s in-house writer’s program, was nearing a deal to write the screenplay.<ref name="Cole" /> Also in the month, Marvel changed the release date once again, moving it to February 16, 2018.<ref name="Phase3Update" /> By December 2015, [[Ryan Coogler]] entered negotiations to direct the film. Negotiations with Coogler had cooled since first meeting with Marvel in the third quarter of 2015, but were reignited due to the successful opening of Coogler's film ''[[Creed (film)|Creed]]''.<ref name="Coogler" /> Feige told ''Empire'' that ''Black Panther'' will be "a big geopolitical action adventure that focuses on the family and royal struggle of T'Challa in Wakanda, and what it means to be a king." He added that the film would link to the two-part ''Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018/2019).<ref>http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/marvels-black-panther-will-set-851523</ref>


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Black Panther
Produced byKevin Feige
StarringChadwick Boseman
Production
company
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release date
  • February 16, 2018 (2018-02-16) (North America)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Black Panther is an upcoming American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is intended to be the eighteenth installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film stars Chadwick Boseman.

The film is set to be released in North America on February 16, 2018.

Cast

The prince of the African nation of Wakanda.[1][2][3] Producer Kevin Feige described the character as "a bit of a prince, he may even become a bit of a king, but it's all about how this isolationist country [of Wakanda] meets the world. Maybe it goes well, maybe it doesn't."[2] Boseman said that T'Challa is "very much aware of the responsibility" and "how important his role and his position is" as the leader of Wakanda.[4] About landing the role, Boseman said, "It wasn't really an audition process. It was more of a discussion about what they wanted to do and how I saw it and what I wanted to do. It was more of a feeling out process".[5] Boseman signed a five-film contract with Marvel.[6]

Production

Development

In June 1992, Wesley Snipes announced his intention to make a film about Black Panther,[7] and by August, had begun working on the film.[8] In July 1993, Snipes announced plans to begin The Black Panther after starring in Demolition Man.[9] Snipes said in August 1993, "We have a wide-open field for comic book characters on the big screen and we've yet to have a major black comic book hero on the screen. Especially the Black Panther, which is such a rich, interesting life. It's a dream come true to originate something that nobody's ever seen before." Snipes expressed interest in making sequels to The Black Panther.[10] In January 1994, Snipes entered talks with Columbia Pictures to portray Black Panther,[11] and by March, Stan Lee joined the development process for the film,[12] which entered early development by May.[13] In January 1996, Lee said that he had not been pleased with the scripts for the project.[14]

In July 1997, Black Panther was listed as part of Marvel Comics' film slate.[15] In March 1998, Marvel hired Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti to work on Black Panther.[16] In August 1998, corporate problems at Marvel had put the project on hold.[17] In August 1999, Snipes was set to produce, and possibly star, in the film.[18] In May 2000, Artisan Entertainment announced a deal with Marvel to coproduce, finance and distribute a film based on Black Panther.[19]

In March 2002, Snipes said he planned to do Blade 3 or Black Panther in 2003,[20] and reiterated his interest five months later.[21] In July 2004, Blade 3 director David S. Goyer said Snipes would not likely be Black Panther, saying, "He's already so entrenched as Blade that another Marvel hero might be overkill."[22] In September 2005, Marvel chairman and CEO Avi Arad announced Black Panther as one of the ten Marvel films that would be developed by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures.[23] In June 2006, Snipes told Men's Fitness magazine that much work had been done towards a film, and that he hoped to have a director soon.[24] In February 2007, Kevin Feige, president of production for Marvel Studios, stated that Black Panther was on Marvel's development slate.[25] In July 2007, director John Singleton said that he was approached for Black Panther.[26] In March 2009, Marvel hired writers to help come up with creative ways to launch its lesser-known properties, such as Black Panther, Cable, Doctor Strange, Iron Fist, Nighthawk and Vision.[27] In January 2011, Marvel Studios hired documentary filmmaker Mark Bailey to write a script for Black Panther to be produced by Feige.[28] In October 2013, Feige said the film is "absolutely in development", adding, "When you have something as rich as Wakanda and [Black Panther's] backstory — and clearly Vibranium's been introduced in the [Marvel Cinematic U]niverse already — I don't know when it will be exactly, but we certainly have plans to bring him to life some day."[29]

In October 2014, Feige announced that the film would be released on November 3, 2017 and that Chadwick Boseman would play Black Panther.[1][2] Feige said that Marvel is considering minority filmmakers for the director and writer, saying "we're doing what we always do, which is looking for the best filmmakers, the best writers, the best directors possible. So I'm not going to say for sure that we're going to hire from any one demographic, but we're meeting a lot of people." He added that the studio has been meeting with Reginald Hudlin, former writer of the Black Panther comics in the mid-2000s.[30]

In January 2015, Boseman stated that the film is going through a "brainstorming phase" explaining, "I think right now, it's just going through the possibilities of what he can do... trying to figure out what it looks like and what it should feel like in certain moments. But just going through [the material], because there's always a difference from one story to the next of who he is -- trying to find a way to merge those things together."[31] In February 2015, Marvel pushed backed the released date to July 6, 2018.[32] In April 2015, Feige revealed he would be meeting with directors after the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron at the end of the month, and that "casting is already underway in many ways. Some of which [is known], some of which [is not]."[33]

By May 2015, Marvel had discussions with Ava DuVernay to direct this film or Captain Marvel.[34] In June, Feige confirmed that he had meet with DuVernay amongst a number of other directors and stated he expected a decision to made by mid- to late-2015.[35] In early July 2015, DuVernay stated she had passed on directing the film saying, "Marvel has a certain way of doing things and I think they're fantastic and a lot of people love what they do. I loved that they reached out to me... [but] we had different ideas about what the story would be... In the end, it comes down to story and perspective. And we just didn't see eye to eye. Better for me to realize that now than cite creative differences later."[36] Later in the month DuVernay added,

"For me, it was a process of trying to figure out, are these people I want to go to bed with? Because it's really a marriage, and for this it would be three years. It'd be three years of not doing other things that are important to me. So it was a question of, is this important enough for me to do? At one point, the answer was yes because I thought there was value in putting that kind of imagery into the culture in a worldwide, huge way, in a certain way: excitement, action, fun, all those things, and yet still be focused on a black man as a hero — that would be pretty revolutionary. These Marvel films go everywhere from Shanghai to Uganda, and nothing that I probably will make will reach that many people, so I found value in that. That's how the conversations continued, because that's what I was interested in. But everyone's interested in different things... [I]t's important to me that [my work] be true to who I was in this moment. And if there's too much compromise, it really wasn't going to be an Ava DuVernay film."[37]

By October 2015, F. Gary Gray was being considered to direct the film before he was chosen to direct Fast & Furious 8,[38][39] while Joe Robert Cole, a member of Marvel’s in-house writer’s program, was nearing a deal to write the screenplay.[40] Also in the month, Marvel changed the release date once again, moving it to February 16, 2018.[41] By December 2015, Ryan Coogler entered negotiations to direct the film. Negotiations with Coogler had cooled since first meeting with Marvel in the third quarter of 2015, but were reignited due to the successful opening of Coogler's film Creed.[42] Feige told Empire that Black Panther will be "a big geopolitical action adventure that focuses on the family and royal struggle of T'Challa in Wakanda, and what it means to be a king." He added that the film would link to the two-part Avengers: Infinity War (2018/2019).[43]

Release

Black Panther is scheduled to be released in North America on February 16, 2018.[41] It was originally scheduled to be released on November 3, 2017,[1] before moving in February 2015 to July 6, 2018 to accommodate the untitled Spider-Man film.[32] In October 2015, it moved again to accommodate Ant-Man and the Wasp.[41]

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